That made me smile. Gentlemen are rare enough, but it's great to see a celebrity being a gentleman and not acting all entitled and spoiled.

To address one comment in the article:"How do New Yorkers react to such a famous person joining the daily commute? They don't. For the most part, the straphangers don't seem to pay attention to the Matrix star. Do they not recognize him? Are they just trying to play it cool?"

If I had seen him on the subway, I wouldn't have thought "Oh, wow! It's Keanu Reeves." What I would have thought is "Wow, that guy looks a lot like Keanu Reeves."

Also, I don't think he looked "nervous" as the article suggested, just aware of his surroundings (as anyone ought to be on a subway).

Yeah when I saw this I smiled. I'm use to seeing people give up their seats for the disabled/elderly/pregnant/single person with young kids on the bus and trams but I thought it was nice for him just to give up his seat just because he could.

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Eeeh, I'm never really into stories like this. "Person with lots of money, in lots of movies, actual human being!"

I'm thinking the celebs who are not so nice are actually the exception, not the rule. I mean, if we're looking at the ratio of unpleasant/rude people in the world vs pleasant/polite, the polite people are winning (or else we wouldn't have sites like etiquette hell to point out those weirdo rude people filled with commenters). I assume celebs have a similar ratio.

Eeeh, I'm never really into stories like this. "Person with lots of money, in lots of movies, actual human being!"

I'm thinking the celebs who are not so nice are actually the exception, not the rule. I mean, if we're looking at the ratio of unpleasant/rude people in the world vs pleasant/polite, the polite people are winning (or else we wouldn't have sites like etiquette hell to point out those weirdo rude people filled with commenters). I assume celebs have a similar ratio.

True but the rude ones get more attention so it's always nice to see polite manners as a story instead of some of the antics that are reported on.

I don't get the title of the thread though--if he were a U.S. citizen would he have been rude?

I think it's mostly a joke about how our celebrities are more like "regular folk" -- they walk down the streets and take public transit without getting mobbed. Celebrity has a totally different vibe here. And there's the added joke of Canadians being very polite in general.

It's more a self-deprecating joke about Canada than an insult towards any other country. The OP didn't even mention the States so I don't think there's any reason to get offended here.

I don't get the title of the thread though--if he were a U.S. citizen would he have been rude?

I think it's mostly a joke about how our celebrities are more like "regular folk" -- they walk down the streets and take public transit without getting mobbed. Celebrity has a totally different vibe here. And there's the added joke of Canadians being very polite in general.

It's more a self-deprecating joke about Canada than an insult towards any other country. The OP didn't even mention the States so I don't think there's any reason to get offended here.

Oh, I wasn't offended, I just didn't get it. Seemed like a non sequitur. Now I sort of see why you named the thread that way.

I don't get the title of the thread though--if he were a U.S. citizen would he have been rude?

I think it's mostly a joke about how our celebrities are more like "regular folk" -- they walk down the streets and take public transit without getting mobbed. Celebrity has a totally different vibe here. And there's the added joke of Canadians being very polite in general.

It's more a self-deprecating joke about Canada than an insult towards any other country. The OP didn't even mention the States so I don't think there's any reason to get offended here.

Oh, I wasn't offended, I just didn't get it. Seemed like a non sequitur. Now I sort of see why you named the thread that way.

Oh the OP isn't me, I'm just speculating -- sorry, didn't mean to put words in the OP's mouth. But yeah, I'd see it as more self-deprecating (making fun of ourselves) rather than insulting other countries (as Dotty was wondering).